William Bateson

William Bateson (8 August 1861-8 February 1926) was a British biologist who coined the term "genetics" to describe the study of inheritance and the science of variation.

Biography
William Bateson was born in Whitby, Yorkshire, England in 1861, and he took up embryology during the 1880s. His work up to 1900 studied biological variations, and he coined the term "genetics" (coming from the Greek word genno, "to give birth") to replace Gregor Mendel's term, "invisible factors". He became the chief popularizer of Gregor Mendel following Hugo de Vries and Carl Correns' rediscovery of Mendel's works in 1900, and he wrote a book, Mendel's Principles of Heredity: A Defense, sending copies to all of the leading students of heredity to make sure that Mendel would not suffer another 35 years of neglect; he earned the nickname "Mendel's Bulldog" for defending his views. He died in Merton in 1926 at the age of 64.